City drops the hammer on developers, utilities who slow traffic and damage roads

The City of Ottawa is sick of developers and utility companies mucking up the roads with too much risk falling on municipal taxpayers.
Proposed changes to the 16-year-old road activity bylaw would give city hall more protection against cheaply done road repairs when companies, or even one of its own departments, need to dig up part of a road to access underground infrastructure.
If staff recommendations receive council’s endorsement next month, home builders, Hydro Ottawa, Bell Canada and